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    Affix

    Definitions

    1 | verb | attach to 2 | verb | add to the very end 3 | verb | attach or become attached to a stem word 4 | noun | a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form

    Pronunciation

    'afiks (IPA: ˈæfɪks)

    Hyphenation

    af-fix (5 letters | 2 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1533 (European Renaissance) (492 years ago)

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    affixed | affixing | affixes

    Synonyms

    stick on | add on | append | supplement

    Narrower terms

    plaster | post | seal | stamp | annex | infix | prefix | suffix | postfix (total: 9)

    Broader terms

    attach | bound form | bound morpheme

    Rhymes

    (none among common words)

    Lexically close words

    affair | affine | affirm | suffix

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 貼上 (verb) Hindi: | जोड़ना (verb) Arabic: | يُلصِق (verb) Spanish: | afijo (linguistics) | adjuntar (append) | añadir (append) French: | affixe (linguistics) | attacher (append) | joindre (append) | apposer (append)

    Other notable uses

    affix.com | affix.net | affix.org | affix.info | affix.biz (total: 5)

    Crossword puzzle clue

    Attach (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    18 (International English) | 18 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ??2-3349

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